Eat well in Granada for under €15 a plate: the locals'-budget edition.
Eat well in Granada for under €15 a plate: the places locals on a budget actually use.
Bodegas Castaneda in Granada is the cheapest dinner in town: order three canas at the bar and you eat free tapas across an hour without paying for food.
Try: Free tapa with every drink
Tip: The free-tapa rotation only works standing at the bar; sit at a table and you start ordering off the carte.
La Bella y La Bestia on Carcel Baja in Granada delivers the citys largest free tapa: croquetas, berenjenas, paella the size of a starter on every drink.
Try: Oversized free tapa
Tip: Drinks are 50 cents above the citys baseline to subsidise the tapa size; the maths still works.
Bar Avila in Granada works the cheapest tapas crawl in the Realejo, with free jamon asado tapas on a 2.50-euro cana and standing room only at the bar.
Try: Jamon asado tapa
Tip: Cash preferred; the bartenders speak only Spanish and queue moves fast through the noise.
La Riviera on Calle Cetti Meriem in Granada runs cocina casera free tapas with every drink, with portions large enough to call dinner after three drinks.
Try: Cocina casera free tapa
Tip: Stand at the front of the bar for the fastest tapa rotation; vegetarian options on every round.
La Vinoteca menu del dia in Granada is the citys best 13-euro lunch deal: starter, main, dessert, plus a free tapa and a glass of house wine.
Try: Lunch menu with starter, main, dessert and wine
Tip: Lunch only; arrive before 14:30 to claim a bar stool or the side terrace.
Casa Julio in Granada is the cheapest fritura in the city, with free fried fish tapas on a 2.50-euro cana since 1947, declared Local Monument by the city.
Try: Free pescaito frito tapa
Tip: No chairs; eat at the marble bar or take the cone to the Calle Elvira benches.
Los Diamantes Navas in Granada is the 1942 fried-fish counter with free pescaito frito tapas on every cana, the cheapest tapeo stop on Calle Navas.
Try: Free pescaito frito tapas with cana
Tip: Standing room only; arrive before 13:30 to claim a counter spot before the lunch queue.
Bar Reca on Plaza Trinidad in Granada runs an 11-euro menu del dia in a year-round plaza terrace, the citys cheapest sit-down lunch with three courses.
Try: Lunch menu del dia with three courses
Tip: The Plaza Trinidad terrace operates 365 days a year; arrive at 13:30 to claim a table.
Antigua Bodega Castaneda on Calle Elvira in Granada is the tapeo crawls cheapest stop, free tapas with a 2.50-euro vermut and four rotating raciones.
Try: Vermut and free tapa
Tip: Stand at the bar with a vermut; the tapa rotation moves through migas, morcilla and rabo de toro.
Cafe Baraka on Calle Elvira in Granada serves a 5-euro bagel-and-coffee breakfast deal all day, the best-value student-friendly breakfast in the Centro.
Try: Bagel and coffee breakfast
Tip: The brunch-for-two deal is the move for travellers; the cafe runs continuous service with no afternoon break.
Kebab Baraka on Calle Calderia Nueva in Granada plates a 4-euro lamb shawarma wrap, the cheapest late-night fill on the Albayzin teteria strip.
Try: Lamb shawarma in flatbread
Tip: Cash only; the queue forms at midnight when the teterias close.
Los Manueles on Reyes Catolicos in Granada plates a single portion of tortilla del Sacromonte for 6 euros at the bar, the cheapest version of the dish.
Try: Tortilla del Sacromonte at the bar
Tip: Order at the bar instead of a table to keep the price to 6 euros for a slice with a cana.
Cafeteria Capuchinos near the Albayzin in Granada plates a 10-euro working-day menu del dia, the citys cheapest sit-down lunch in a neighbourhood cafe.
Try: Working-day lunch menu
Tip: Locals only; the menu del dia ends at 15:00 sharp when the room shuts for the afternoon.
Casa Ysla in Granada plates the 1897 pionono for 2 euros at the counter, the citys cheapest historic sweet at 30 seconds walk from the Centro.
Try: Single pionono pastry
Tip: Single piononos travel; six-packs are the canonical takeaway box.
Marchica Shawarma on Calle Elvira in Granada is the takeaway durum counter with cheese-egg completo wraps and falafel for 3 to 5 euros each, no seating.
Try: Completo durum with cheese, egg and meat or falafel
Tip: Takeaway only; the completo durum falafel is the cheapest sit-anywhere lunch on the lower Elvira strip.